Maternal activating KIRs protect against human reproductive failure mediated by fetal HLA-C2

Killer Ig-Like Receptor Expression in Uterine NK Cells Is Biased toward Recognition of HLA-C and Alters with Gestational Age

(2014) A. M. Sharkey et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Synergistic Polymorphism at Two Positions Distal to the Ligand-Binding Site Makes KIR2DL2 a Stronger Receptor for HLA-C Than KIR2DL3

(2014) A. K. Moesta et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Donor selection for natural killer cell receptor genes leads to superior survival after unrelated transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia

(2010) S. Cooley et al.   BLOOD

Immature NK Cells, Capable of Producing IL-22, Are Present in Human Uterine Mucosa

(2010) V. Male et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Education of human natural killer cells by activating killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors

(2009) C. Fauriat et al.   BLOOD

Discrimination between the main activating and inhibitory killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor positive natural killer cell subsets using newly characterized monoclonal antibodies

(2009) Gaëlle David et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

KIR2DS4 is a product of gene conversion with KIR3DL2 that introduced specificity for HLA-A*11 while diminishing avidity for HLA-C

(2009) Thorsten Graef et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Human monoclonal HLA antibodies reveal interspecies crossreactive swine MHC class I epitopes relevant for xenotransplantation

(2009) Arend Mulder et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Rheological and Physiological Consequences of Conversion of the Maternal Spiral Arteries for Uteroplacental Blood Flow during Human Pregnancy

(2009) G.J. Burton et al.   PLACENTA

Co-evolution of KIR2DL3 with HLA-C in a human population retaining minimal essential diversity of KIR and HLA class I ligands

(2009) K. Gendzekhadze et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

NK cell education: not an on-off switch but a tunable rheostat

(2009) Petter Brodin et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Donors with group B KIR haplotypes improve relapse-free survival after unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia

(2008) S. Cooley et al.   BLOOD

MHC class I-specific inhibitory receptors and their ligands structure diverse human NK-cell repertoires toward a balance of missing self-response

(2008) M. Yawata et al.   BLOOD

Autologous and allogeneic HLA KIR ligand environments and activating KIR control KIR NK-cell functions

(2008) Maelig Morvan et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Dramatically reduced surface expression of NK cell receptor KIR2DS3 is attributed to multiple residues throughout the molecule

(2008) C J VandenBussche et al.   GENES AND IMMUNITY

Association of maternal killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors and parental HLA-C genotypes with recurrent miscarriage

(2008) S.E. Hiby et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Regulation of NK cell responsiveness to achieve self-tolerance and maximal responses to diseased target cells

(2008) Nathalie T. Joncker et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Conformation of human leucocyte antigen-C molecules at the surface of human trophoblast cells

(2008) Richard Apps et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) expression of primary trophoblast cells and placental cell lines, determined using single antigen beads to characterize allotype specificities of anti-HLA antibodies

(2008) Richard Apps et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Regulatory role of NKp44, NKp46, DNAM-1 and NKG2D receptors in the interaction between NK cells and trophoblast cells. Evidence for divergent functional profiles of decidual versus peripheral NK cells

(2008) P. Vacca et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

KIR2DS1-mediated activation overrides NKG2A-mediated inhibition in HLA-C C2-negative individuals

(2008) B. Foley et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Placental Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Oxidative Stress in the Pathophysiology of Unexplained Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Early Onset Preeclampsia

(2008) G.J. Burton et al.   PLACENTA

The genetic and evolutionary balances in human NK cell receptor diversity

(2008) Peter Parham   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY